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Winter fest 2007 begins

BERHAMPUR: A colourful musical rally by the participants and students on Thursday marked the beginning of the ‘Winterfest 2007’ on the Berhampur University campus.

The Dramatic Association and Students’ union of the university are organizing the three-day inter-college cultural festival with the help of the administration. Participants from colleges of different parts of the State have reached the Berhampur University campus to participate in the cultural fest. To give it some colours of a carnival, the organisers had thought up to begin it with a rally including traditional folk music and dance of Ganjam district. The ‘Jodi Sankha’ (double conch) players of Ganjam district, who are experts in blowing conch shells for hours together were performed along with beats of traditional drums. A troupe of Ranapa dancers, who dance on stilts were also part of the rally. The students of the university and participants of Winterfest took part in this rally dancing to the traditional beats. The colourful rally begun with the garlanding of the statue of Kavisamrat Upendra Bhanja in the campus and it moved all around the campus.

It reached the Bhanja Mandap, the open air stage for the cultural festival where it was officially inaugurated by the State Minister Surama Padhi in the presence of the Vice-Chancellor of the university B.K.Sahu. A sand art depicting winter queen was also crafted near the venue by Subal Moharana. The highlight of the inaugural session of the festival was the classical dance competition.

It was followed by the performance of a professional orchestra troupe to entertain the student participants. During the three days, the participants of this festival would compete and show their skills in various fields of art and culture. The participants of this cultural festival were lodged in the hostels of the university.

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